In Search of Holiday Suckers: Volume of Spam to Double During Holidays

[mandy]

Turkey and the fixin's aren't the only things people will be digesting over the Thanksgiving and upcoming Christmas holidays.

Expect more spam. Lots more. It's a recurring theme seemingly as inevitable as Christmas carols and fruitcake...

The reason for the surge, said Joel Smith, AppRiver CTO, is because spammers know that people are much more likely to click on a potential deal than at any other time of the year...

full article: http://news.earthweb.com/security/article.php/3566466

[amy]

Just what I needed--more spam.  :

people are much more likely to click on a potential deal than at any other time of the year...

email programs should come with flashing red lights and a warning message "don't be stupid--resist the urge to click on that link" 

"Spammers wouldn't send as much during this time if they didn't get good results as well," Smith said.

Exactly